Blaine border agents arrest pedophile

Published 10:00 pm, Friday, November 28, 2008

A convicted pedophile was arrested Monday in Blaine as he tried to cross the border from Canada.

In a statement issued Friday, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent said officers arrested the 62-year-old man when he arrived at the Pacific Highway border station.

The British citizen, whose identity was not released, previously served a seven-year sentence in England for child molestation.

In April, the man was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after agents learned of his criminal history. At the time, the man told investigators he'd sold all of his possessions planning to move to Los Angeles to live with a girlfriend he'd met online.